The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-23

est, he had borrowed four years
before. He then told of his
marvellous success in speculation, hav-
ing amassed 81 200, 900. Again he de-
parted and sent letters home boasting of
continued success. The wedding with
Miss Eckert was set for June 10th.
Wine suppeTs and dissipation follow
ed and he began to lose money. Dissi-
patton and i'll luck travelled hand in
hand until all his money was gone, and
in letter to his sweetheart, he said
that all of the $1,000 she had put in
his hands for Safe-keeping was all
gone. Eighteen months ago he was
sWindled out of large amount of
money by band of sharpers and in
December he lost heavily in the stock
market; recently he invested heavily in
pork and wheat and the corners swal-
lowed all his money. Wednesday he
retired to his room and an hour later
his father found him hanging by the
neck from the beadpost nearly dead.
He cut him down and resuscitated him,
but his physicians say he is hopelessly
insane. His sweetheart was notified
and she now watches dolefully at his
side listening to his rawlings over stock
markets. Wade was 35 years old.
CANDY FACTORY BURNED.
CHICAGO, June 20.-The candy fac
tory af +. w. Ruckheim & Bro. burned
this msrning. Loss $50, 600; insurance
s., 900.
THE DEFENSE COMMENCED.
ST. LOUIS, June 20.-Fourteen wit
nesses were examined for the defense
in the Cora Lee Trial at Springfield to-
day. Matte Dyer, a damaging state
witness, admitted she had much de-
sired to see Cora Lee hung. Eta Mol
10y and Emma Lee testified that Cora
slept with them the night of the MUIR
der, retiring about 8 o'clock and she
did not leave the house during the
night.
CORA ON THE STAND.
SPRINGFIELD. Mo-, June 20.-Several
witnesses testified to-day in support of
the defense's theory that Graham and
Sarah got off the train at Dorchester,
while Cora Lee was at home sleeping by
the side of her sisters. About O'Clock
Cora Lee was called, leaving the circle
of lady friends by whom she was sur
rounded. She walked calmly and coolly
to the stand, and testified for fifteen
minutes without any emotion what
ever. She said that on the night of the
murder she was at the MOlloy
farm, sleeping with Eta Molloy
was awakened by some one tapping
at the window and asked who was
there. The reply was ''me.' She
didn't recognize the voice and so the
girls got up and went with her to the
door because she was afraid. 1t was
Graham returning home. She denied
all the allegations against her mostly
in detail. The first she knew that
Sarah Graham came to Springfield was
when her body was found. After
some of the important testimony on
noinfS aITaa6U oOupfa6 nv tho of
the court adjourned. Tomorrow a
few witnesses will testify in rebuttal
on both sides, after which the argu-
ments will begin.
BURIED UNDER A CAVE-IN.
ERIE, Pa, June 20.-By the caving-
in of high bank at the lake front to-
day John Elsie and Jacob Fenbah were
killed. John o 'Laughlin was seriously
injured, and was not dug out for three
nigan, Jacob Sell and Daniel Hanley
were partly buried but quickly res
cued.
ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER. >
Adam Schnee, while intoxicated, at
tempted to-day to kill his wife with a
revolver, inflicting a painful but not
fatal wound. The ball passed through
her right shoulder. Schnee is supposed
to have been demented for some time.
A SMALL RIOT.
\ telegram just received from Ma
trona, Pa, reports small riot there
this evening between the Pennsylvania
Salt Works strikers and non-uniOn
men. Several shots were fired and a
woman is said to be fatally injured.
An extra force of police were on duty.
THE SHARP TRIAL.
NEW YORK, June 2O.-The trial of
Jake Sharp for bribery was resumed to-
day. Thomas Mclean was recalled
and produced the stock transfer book
of the Broadway Surface Railroad. 1t
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